I feel like half these acts would be better if they used snare in their beats
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 17:05 (twelve years ago) link
("these" being ppl like Evy Jane)
Listening to Evy Jane and don't really understand why we're even discussing them as R&B (and by extension why their existence is threatening to R&B).
This sounds far more like Purity Ring or random witch house stuff than anything that's been claimed to be 'an evolution of R&B' - I understood the frustration w/ the discourse around Frank Ocean and The Weeknd even if I couldn't entirely get behind it, but this sounds like a different thing altogether.
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 17:31 (twelve years ago) link
I didn't love the A-side, "SaySo", but OhSo was okay. But they're basically a b-grade Purity Ring.
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 17:32 (twelve years ago) link
it was described as r&b it's shit let's talk about and listen to something else
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 17:32 (twelve years ago) link
weren't you the first person to bring them up? unless there's an unlabeled Youtube that I can't see
why even mention them in this thread if you don't want to talk about them?
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 17:34 (twelve years ago) link
been digging that alunageorge track from last year lately
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 22 February 2012 17:35 (twelve years ago) link
i thought everyone would just ignore it à la what happens when i bring up artists and songs i'm really into
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 17:36 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, exactly - no one knew about them (or at least no one was talking about them until you did!)
But anyway - R&B - Melanie Fiona's new album is confusing me. We have three lead singles so far.
I love 4 AM but it's totally Drake-y and not really what her general style is. Gone and Never Coming Back is a good big ballad, but didn't blow me away.
And now there's 'Wrong Side of a Love Song' which is breathtaking but a total throwback - right down to the organ.
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 17:36 (twelve years ago) link
Most people do not ignore the songs and artists you're really into. Two people said that in some other thread in a manner that was blatant trolling - while about 6 other people were actively saying that they pay attention to your recommendations.
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 17:38 (twelve years ago) link
Anyway.
re: Melanie Fiona - it just got delayed until May. Does this mean they're retooling it to fit the success of 4AM?
Because her chops would be wasted on a whole album of 40 copycat beats.
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 17:39 (twelve years ago) link
i started a melanie fiona thread about an hour ago which has gotten zero answers so far
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
lex you're being a weirdo
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 22 February 2012 17:41 (twelve years ago) link
hahahaha I thought you were kidding
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 17:41 (twelve years ago) link
I've already said all I had to say about melanie fiona the other times you and I have posted about her, which is that it's a fucking awesome song
― flagp∞st (dayo), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 17:41 (twelve years ago) link
My bad. I've been on my phone and just checking bookmarks.
― Somewhere between Fergie and Jesus (Alex in Montreal), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 17:42 (twelve years ago) link
people kept saying they wanted track threads during the EOY polls! i just have no idea what people want
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 17:44 (twelve years ago) link
MF is probably my most anticipated album of the year right now. "Wrong Side of a Love Song" is just amazing. I have mixed feelings about the latest leak, though, "Change The Record." Ugh, B.o.B. makes me appreciate all those so-so J. Cole guest verses.
― Evan R, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 17:44 (twelve years ago) link
― lex pretend, Wednesday, February 22, 2012 12:44 PM (38 seconds ago) Bookmark
to stop whining to people who clearly respect your taste and follow your recommendations about how no one cares what you talk about
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 22 February 2012 17:46 (twelve years ago) link
also, the track threads that DO get made maybe aren't very popular, don't get a lot of posts, but still seem to have a big effect on year-end poll results, like seany mac & des piccalo
― flagp∞st (dayo), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 17:57 (twelve years ago) link
And sometimes it just takes people a while to discover things. I posted "4 AM" to the Rolling R&B thread last August; it's kind of silly to huff about a thread started an hour ago
― Evan R, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 18:10 (twelve years ago) link
Whoa... the new Lloyd (UK-only) single is a total mess. It samples "Take My Breath Away" AND features Nelly.
― Evan R, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 21:15 (twelve years ago) link
I actually kind of liked it, sans Nelly. Turning "Take My Breath Away" into a club anthem deserves some props.
― Peace (peaceful) (The Brainwasher), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 21:17 (twelve years ago) link
anyway, thoughts on Jessie Ware? She's being lumped in with the whole "alternative r&b" (***rolleyes***) thing but I'm really feeling this song, kind of has a nu-age Lisa Stansfield thing going on:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvlFWmvgeVI
― Peace (peaceful) (The Brainwasher), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 21:19 (twelve years ago) link
Good stuff! I could definitely listen to an entire album of that.
― Evan R, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 21:37 (twelve years ago) link
― Evan R, Wednesday, February 22, 2012 4:15 PM (21 minutes ago) Bookmark
any song that samples "take my breath away" has like, a 95% chance of being good imo
NB: have not heard this song
― flagp∞st (dayo), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 21:37 (twelve years ago) link
i haven't heard jessie ware's new one yet but i loved "strangest feeling" from last year - she's in with glasgow's numbers crew i believe, her first release was with sbtrkt on their label
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQ1-EAZ2eYA
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 21:42 (twelve years ago) link
the Lloyd track:
http://youtu.be/7_eYfz743YU
it's... not good
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 21:45 (twelve years ago) link
I mean, maybe you dig a budget Ginuwine singing over what sounds like an unfinished demo beat but I do not
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 21:47 (twelve years ago) link
and wow does it get super embarrassing when Nelly shows up
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 21:48 (twelve years ago) link
damn... that was not what I was thinking of at all
― flagp∞st (dayo), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
"Strangest Feeling" is nice, too—love the way she her voice alternatingly blends into and cuts against the track.
― Evan R, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
was thinking of a lush and smooth jam like "you"
basically that whole Lloyd song has "American Idol runner-up" written all over it; if you had told me that was Just Guarini's comeback single I wouldn't have blinked twice
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 21:51 (twelve years ago) link
<i>damn... that was not what I was thinking of at all</i>
hahaha, I wish I could hear the song you imagined in your head. I think Lloyd's parts are actually pretty sharp, but the track is just not salvageable
― Evan R, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 21:51 (twelve years ago) link
i was just listening to the latest T.I. mixtape today and thinking about how odd it is that Nelly still exists and people keep working with him as if he still existed
― TERMAINTOR 2 (some dude), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 21:52 (twelve years ago) link
the new Wale single would be a really dope King of Hearts-worthy Lloyd jam if you deleted all the Wale bullshit off it btw
haha well like I said, I was just thinking of how lloyd turned 'true' into a jam for 'you,' so something along those lines xxp
― flagp∞st (dayo), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 21:53 (twelve years ago) link
the least you can do after releasing a double LP titled Sweat/Suit is disappear in a cloud of embarrassment
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 21:53 (twelve years ago) link
every new lloyd single seems to have a faster tempo than the last lloyd single
― flagp∞st (dayo), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 21:54 (twelve years ago) link
^ yeah, it's becoming a problem, huh?
"Sabotage" is a killer choice for a Wale single though. That shit jams.
― Evan R, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 21:55 (twelve years ago) link
haha maybe someone should stage an intervention before Lloyd tries singing over Moby's "Thousand"
― (thinks and smiles) (DJP), Wednesday, 22 February 2012 21:56 (twelve years ago) link
the jessie ware thing is great, it's produced by the very talented julio bashmore
the disclosure remix is great as well if you like house-y stuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITGjO212KrA
― sisilafami, Wednesday, 22 February 2012 22:48 (twelve years ago) link
― TERMAINTOR 2 (some dude), Wednesday, February 22, 2012 4:52 PM (57 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
ha over the weekend i put "nelly" into my itunes filter the other day and was like "damn, t.i. really likes to work with nelly. they must have a good time together."
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 22 February 2012 22:51 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.thefader.com/2012/02/22/video-fortebowie-impala/
ethan p put me onto this dude, i like his shit
― D-40, Thursday, 23 February 2012 07:16 (twelve years ago) link
really like that
― art dealin' thru the west coast (tpp), Thursday, 23 February 2012 10:28 (twelve years ago) link
yo that is awesome
― flagp∞st (dayo), Thursday, 23 February 2012 12:18 (twelve years ago) link
Amazing.
― Tim F, Thursday, 23 February 2012 12:32 (twelve years ago) link
The internet is saying it's produced by friendly fires o_O
― Tim F, Thursday, 23 February 2012 12:36 (twelve years ago) link
yeah that's what the official mixtape version is tagged as
― flagp∞st (dayo), Thursday, 23 February 2012 12:46 (twelve years ago) link